issue no. 17 nov 2016 to jan 2017 - diocese of southwell...
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Issue No. 17 - Nov 2016 to Jan 2017
Welcome to the 17th edition of the Newark and Southwell Deanery Newsletter.
http://southwell.anglican.org/about-us/deaneries/newark-southwell-deanery-home/
“What goes up … must come down”
Although sometimes it’s hard to work out which way is up! As we come to the end of 2016, there seems to be
no doubt that this will go down as an extraordinary year. Our vote to leave the European Union in the summer
and the election of Donald Trump in the USA are the two most obvious examples. It seems like the graphics we
see on the TV news have been all over the place!
In the Deanery, we have not been immune from change either. It has been my
privilege to join you as your new Area Dean, and we are delighted to welcome
new clergy into the Deanery; Louise Holliday in Balderton, Mandy Cartwright in
the East Trent group and Anna Alls as Growing Disciples priest in Ollerton and the
surrounding area. We are also very aware of the challenges that the new Parish
Share allocation formula is bringing to some parishes next year.
Yet, as this year ends, we turn again to a familiar story. A baby born to a young
mother in difficult circumstances, who became a refugee in Egypt, and then grew
up and worked with people in an obscure part of the Roman empire, far away
from the centres of power. He was executed for treason, though that wasn’t the end of the story …
And people said … this is God’s way; that this is his actual word among us in ‘flesh and blood’. The one who was
‘up’ has come ‘down’ to be with us, not because he had to but because he chose to. Then, through the turmoil
of all the centuries since, people have found this person has given their lives meaning and purpose … and they
still do today.
This is the good news which it is both our duty and our
joy to share in the communities where we are set. I know
that there are many calls on our time in the life of our
churches, but I believe we have an unrivalled
opportunity to share this message as we commit
ourselves to working together in 2017, to grow disciples
younger, wider and deeper.
As we do so, I understand that there is concern across the Deanery about the changes to Parish Share
allocation in 2017. These changes were made after consultation at two Deanery Synods earlier in the year, so it
has been a concern to find that for some parishes this has been a surprise. No system is perfect and when
substantial changes are made it is good practice to review them. So, we are planning to hold an open meeting
at some point early next year to look at this allocation process to see if modifications need to be made for
2018. If you would like to talk this through with me either individually or with your PCC directly then please get
in touch with Louise Riley at the Deanery Office to make a time.
With best wishes for a great Christmas and a happy new year in 2017.
There was a stand in joke at the last Deanery Synod which is rippling
out further that I now have my own Archdeaconry with my own
team, but in the beginning life was very different! Priest-in-Charge
of the Parish of Ollerton with Boughton has since the end of July,
seen my oversight increase with the transitioning of 3 clusters of
churches to a Family of 12 churches in the communities of Ollerton
Village, New Ollerton, Boughton, Bilsthorpe, Earking, Egmanton,
Kirton, Kneesall, Laxton with Moorhouse, Walesby, Wellow with
Rufford!!
I have been blessed to work with, to use the words of a colleague, the
‘Dream Team’! Janice Hannington, over the last 2 years, has trained
for Reader ministry and we rejoiced with her as she was recently
licensed as Reader. In recent months, the team has grown with the
addition of Philip Howson as Curate, Heather Brown and Joan Wood
as Readers and Margaret Groves as a Self-Supporting Priest. We
await Anna Alls formally joining us in December as a ‘Growing
Disciple Priest’. We are also exploring an appointment of a Children
and Family Worker. The team of Readers and Clergy is also blessed
with the support of 2 Recognised Lay Ministers: Andrea Ellis
(Children’s Ministry) and Pat Evans (Pastoral Care) and 3 Lite Leaders:
Margaret Grey, Rachael and Mark Harrison-Bust. This is not negating
the support of good churchwardens, retired and other ministers and
the good ministry which is going on all the time – some hidden to
many but not to God!
Life up North brings its joy and challenges. With change, comes
challenge – it is par for the course! We share a vision of enabling our
12 churches to increasingly become a Family: united in their diversity:
honouring local churches in all their uniqueness and diversity but also
looking beyond themselves for the sake of the other 11 churches.
Part of this vision is enabling the Family to see that together we share
more resources and will be better off for having come together as we
seek to build God’s Kingdom in the North of the Deanery. We have
centralised some of the things we are doing and the ministerial team
is committed to working across the 12 churches so that all the
churches get to know the ministers and the team is enriched by
working with each other in different pairings. Our churches are
already commenting that they are enjoying having different ministers
to lead the services. A particular highlight for me was bringing all our
12 churches together for one act of worship at the end of August. It
was great to see around 75 people from across the family of churches
worshipping together as one and then partaking in tea and cake from
across the Family. One or two members asked when we are going to
do this again!
As you will imagine, there is diversity in abundance in our Family.
Our Family consists of two ex-mining villages with adjoining and
surrounding rural villages. We have a Shrine church at Egmanton,
Laxton still follows the ancient tradition of allocating the fields to
local farmers on an annual basis and Wellow hosts a Maypole, to
name but a few unique features. There are 9 schools ranging from a
Private school, Secondary Academy, Church schools and Community
schools. Within the Family exists some of the most deprived
communities which find themselves in the bottom 10% nationally for
multiple deprivation. We have a diversity of worship styles from
traditional BCP services to Messy Church! I could say more about
diversity but I think you get the picture!
As we embrace the Diocesan Vision for joining in God’s transforming
mission to the world and Growing Disciples: “wider, younger,
deeper”, we consider crucial to all of this will be relationship building.
Being where people are in our communities: building upon the good
link with schools, exploring fresh expressions of Church; developing
the partnerships with other organisations, building upon and creating
new initiatives with ‘occasional office’ follow up; being intentional in
forming discussion groups across the Family and growing disciples
where those gathered share a meal together and set the agenda for
the discussion topics (We call this Hot Potato Discussions!). I wonder
what ideas we might continue to come up with as a team as we pray
together and consider what Growing Disciples: ‘wider, younger,
deeper’ might look like in our communities.
As the team continues to come together and our family of churches
increasingly become a Family, please pray for us that we might
honour and please God in all that we do in Christ’s name and in the
power of the Holy Spirit that more people may come to know Jesus
as their friend and Lord and Saviour.
Blessings
Zoe Burton
Life up North in the Deanery
NORWELL CHRISTMAS
FESTIVAL 2016
Saturday 10 December
in St Laurence Church
2.15pm
Displays, arrangements and
entertainment
on the theme
'A CHRISTMAS CAROL'
Stalls and activities
Seasonal refreshments
It has been really good to join the Riverside group as associate priest.
September is a time of new beginnings. For me it is a new beginning
and the start of something exciting and new. I have gone through
quite a few changes in the last few months. My three years of
curacy working with the Retford Area Team Ministry came to a
conclusion with the Bishop signing me off in January, but I continued
to work with them till the end of August. For the last year of my
curacy I worked in a group of local villages. God very often asks you
to do things before you know completely what the future holds. I put
in my intention to retire from my full time job of teacher at Ratcliffe
College where I taught Religious Studies and taught Dyslexics. Once
this had happened negotiations started for my position of Associate
Priest working with Mark Adams.
I live at Sutton on Trent with my husband Jim Hadley so although I
don’t live within the parishes I am very local. I come from a farming
family in Leicester and I am over joyed to be working in a rural
setting. When I am not working as priest I am looking forward to
supporting Jim in his business and I am hoping to change one of the
farm buildings into an artist’s print studio. To relax I love to garden,
especially the kitchen garden, walking and reading. Between us Jim
and I have five children and by various routes we have seven
grandchildren.
At this time of year especially in rural churches we think about the
harvest being gathered in. Harvest is so different from when I was
younger - it all took so much longer. Watching the steam thrashing
at the Sutton festival made me think back to how labour intensive
harvest used to be and how important team work was. It reminds me
of how labour intensive it is being involved in the Christian Church
and how important team work is , something Paul was well aware of
as he wrote to the churches commending different people for their
work and asking others to care for other workers.
I look forward to leading, guiding and supporting the local churches
and the area team in our respective ministries.
Rev Georgie
Hadley
2017
Deanery Synod Meetings: Wednesday 8th February
7.00 for 7.30 pm start Venue tbc
Deanery Confirmation Service:
Sunday 22nd October St Paulinus, Ollderton
A Plea for Photographs !
Do you have any photographs of the Deanery
(whether it be church pic/countryside/events that
have happened) that we might use in our
newsletters/publications?
Please email to Louise at
New Associate Priest joins the Riverside Group
Southwell Minster needs new Foundation Governor Mrs Penny Peterson, the deanery’s previous Lay Chair, stands down from her position as Foundation Governor at The Minster School. We are extremely grateful to her for her service and dedication. Thank you Penny ! We are also looking for someone to tread in her shoes. If you are interested and would like to talk this through please do give me a call. Canon Mark Adams 01636 555082
The Hayes Conference Centre in
Swanwick, Derbyshire is a lovely setting
for conferences, especially when there is
need for quiet contemplation and a lack of
distraction at times. So it was to
Swanwick I travelled for two back to back
conferences at the beginning of October.
The first conference of 130 delegates was
for the National Deanery Network and the
second was our own Diocesan
Conference; three days each allowing me
a complete morning of nothing being
organised which was a luxury. So I held
my own retreat sitting alone in the lounge
reading a book about the Ashes victory in
2015; no phone ringing no e-mail facility
on, no meetings and if anything this
“session” was extremely helpful reminding
me of the need to have times of stillness,
quietness and reflection.
The National
Deanery Network
conference is held
every two years and
is open to all
deaneries in England
for both lay and
ordained leaders with
some attendees holding other positions of
interest within their particular deanery or
diocese. The main theme of the
conference was around the “Reform and
Renewal” programme being titled “More
for Less”. The Conference Bishop was the
Rt. Rev Peter Hancock from Bath and
Wells, who was last in the Area when he
introduced our new Dean of Southwell
Minster, Nicola Sullivan who was
previously the Archdeacon of Bath. He
was out spiritual guide as
we listened to a variety of
speakers and discussed
their challenges to us.
The main speakers were:
Rt Revd Ric Thorpe
(Bishop of Islington) who talked about
church planting and growing new and
existing congregations.
Emma Buchan, from the Archbishop’s
Evangelism Task Group, talked about
witness and evangelism especially with
the “Thy Kingdom
Come” movement and
the 24/7 prayer initiative.
Canon John Spence,
Financial Chair of the
Archbishops’ Council who talked to us
about the place of deaneries in the new
way money is being release from the
Church Commissioners to develop
strategies to increase disciples. John has
an incredible grasp of detail and accuracy
along with a very dry sense of humour all
the more remarkable when you consider
that he has been blind for many years,
including time when he was head of
Lloyds bank!
Canon Roger Matthews, from the
Chelmsford Diocese, who talked about
reimagining ministry with a particular slant
on regrouping churches in different sorts
of teams or benefices.
There were times for group discussions,
questions and answers with the speakers,
a couple of workshops (e.g. using and
abusing social media) and socialising with
delegates from all around the country.
What was interesting was the common
themes when meeting others, the desire
to grow disciples and, of particular interest
to us, how we look after the rural ministry.
The next National Deanery Network
conference will be between the 5th and 7th
of October 2018.
The Diocesan Conference had the
theme “Growing Disciples – Wider,
Younger and Deeper” and I had
experience of what the Bishop’s initiative
hopes to achieve immediately the
conference started. I was sat by myself at
the front of the main hall (I try to sit at the
front so that I can see better, hear easily
and make the speakers at the front feel
wanted) and was joined by the Dean,
Ven. Nicola Sullivan. The average of
those at my table immediately dropped as
I am older than the dean. We were deep
in conversation when our table was filled
by the Younger Leadership College dean
and interns – I rejoiced because the
average of the table members plummeted
to well below 40. The team from the
college were
inspirational as they
explained what they
were aiming to do in
recruiting and
training 1000 young
leaders aged, between 15 and 30, within
the diocese. The new college is part of the
Bishop’s plans for the future in growing
disciples.
There were four guest speakers who
helped us to think about our response to
achieving “Growing disciples – Wider,
Younger, Deeper”. Mark Tanner was at
the time just ceasing to be the Warden of
Cranmer Hall, the theological college at St
John’s College of the University of
Durham and a week after the conference
was consecrated Bishop of Berwick to
work in the Diocese of Newcastle. He was
the link throughout the conference with
reflections on
discipleship being “A
long obedience” with
all the difficulties
involved and how to
look beyond our own
stumbling blocks. He
considered the
discipleship of David, Mary and Paul
through his own experiences as a vicar in
Doncaster, of those who had come to
faith, of those who had shared their own
coming to Jesus journeys. We had two
contrasting addresses from two
contrasting Bishops – Bishop Ric Thorpe
and Bishop Philip North.
Bishop Ric spoke again about church
planting and growing new congregations
as he had done at the other conference.
As a bishop he has a national
responsibility for church
planting so I was not
surprised to hear a similar
address, his passion and
enthusiasm for his work is
infectious but I pray he
develops more ideas for
the rural deaneries sooner
rather than later. Bishop Philip is an Anglo
-catholic cleric, part of the Forward in
Faith group, and is very much engaged in
the Reform and Renewal programme. His
specific priority is to minister to the larger
housing estates which have largely been
forgotten by everyone in any form of
authority and his challenge was very
serious. “The Church which
abandons the poor abandons
the Gospel” was his theme. I
have rarely heard a more
passionate address from any
priest; he had no hand outs,
fancy presentations or
gimmicks just the love of the
poor and the Gospel pouring out of him. It
was a privilege to hear him especially as
A Reflection on Swanwick
Sacrista Prebend Tuesday 8th November 2016 Helpful Habits: Enabling Oneself and Others to Pray Sustaining a regular pattern of personal prayer can be difficult. This Quiet Day will provide a practical introduction and exploration of prayer, based on Graham Pigott’s Grove Booklet, Helpful Habits: Exploring Personal Prayer. The Revd. Canon Graham Pigott is a retired Anglican priest who leads quiet days and retreats and accompanies others on their spiritual journeying. Art at Sacrista Prebend On Saturday 19th November 2016, the Revd Jean Lamb, a priest and artist living and working in Nottingham, will lead a Quiet Day at Sacrista Prebend Retreat House on the subject of 'New Art in our Cathedrals'. (This day was postponed from 2015.) Jean's mission statement is 'To enable others to see the glory of God in Creation through the eyes of Jesus and with the love of the Holy Spirit' and on this day Jean will help us to explore the wealth of new images displayed or embedded in the stones and glass of our medieval Monuments. Saturday 3rd December 2016 Christians Reflecting Theologically Among Muslims: a study day This study day will reflect on how Christians living among Muslims have responded theologically to questions of prophethood, suffering and the triune nature of God. We will consider a number of examples from across the history of Christian-Muslim interaction and provide opportunity to think about implications for today. The Revd. Jacqueline Hoover, freelance instructor in Islamic studies and Teaching Affiliate at the University of Nottingham, and The Revd. Dr. Jon Hoover, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham will lead this day. All of our Quiet Days begin at 9.45am with coffee, and end at 3.30pm with tea and cake. Please bring your own sandwiches. For all enquiries and to book a place on any of the days, please contact Sacrista Prebend, 4 Westgate Southwell Notts NG25 0JH. Telephone 01636 816833, e-mail [email protected]
https://sacristaprebend.wordpress.com/
he had a wisdom of how to deploy
ministry into the estates, in line with the
Reform and Renewal Programme.
The fourth keynote speaker was Amy Orr-
Ewing who is a vicar’s wife, a mother and
works at the Oxford Centre for Christian
Apologetics in Oxford. Amy has spoken
all over the world including the White
House and the Middle East. For us her
main themes were how to reach the
Under 40s in their various age group
categories and the Orr-Ewings move to
the countryside to establish a church
plant which now has a membership of
over 500 which meets for worship in a
circus big top tent! She was so
inspirational and had me thinking as to
where we could pitch a similar one in our
deanery.
There was time to converse and socialise
with many clergy and lay persons in the
diocese in social and discussion times,
meal times and in the bar.
Driving home from the two conferences I
had time to reflect on the challenges facing
us in the very near future – Growing
Disciples Wider Younger Deeper within the
Reform and Renewal initiative. I am still
reflecting because there is no easy answer
but there is a willingness to be involved and
a focus for prayer. To help me make some
sense of the challenge, and this may help
you, I am holding this quote from the
conference:
“God’s plans are not democratic,
sensible or obvious”
Michael Wilson
Food Hygiene Certificate Course ‐ Are you Interested ?
Rev Greg Price will be running another Food Hygiene Certificate Course on Sat 25th February 2017, 9.30am - 3.30pm at a venue in Tuxford. The cost will be a special price of £15 for everybody. A photo driving licence or passport will need to be brought for identification, and sandwiches for lunch. (Hot drinks will be provided). Anyone serving food/drinks needs to hold this qualification. To apply please will you send a cheque payable to 'Tuxford PCC' for the re-quired amount, together with your name and a contact number/e-mail ad-dress plus a postal address to Hygiene Course, 30 Lincoln Road, Tuxford NG22 0HP. The closing date is the 17th February 2017, but please note there are only 11 places!! Please will you send any queries to [email protected] There are only 11 places!!
Check out Southwell Minster’s website for more information www.southwellminster.org
What’s on in November Messy Minster November 2nd 3.30pm – 5.30pm in Trebeck Hall Friday Lunchtime in the Cathedral Mirabilé Friday 4th November 12.15 – 1pm in the Minster Winter Craft Fair Saturday November 5th 10am – 4pm in the Minster, entry by £2 donation, under 16’s free. Festive & Crafty Christmas decorations Workshop as part of the above in the ABP – small charge may apply 10 – 3pm The Friends of Southwell Cathedral An illustrated talk in the State Chamber of the ABP by Charlie Leggatt ‘Forty Years on – China in the final year of Chairman Mao’ Finger food and wine/soft drinks from 6.15pm, talk at 7pm Remembrance Sunday 13th November Music in the Great Hall with Jeremy Jepson (Counter Tenor) Sunday 13th November at 7pm Friday Lunchtime in the Cathedral - Daytime Voices Friday 18th November at 12.15pm in the Minster Southwell Choral Society: Mozart Requiem Saturday 19th November at 7.30pm in the Minster
What’s on in December Lowes Wong Carol Concerts Tuesday 6th December at 7pm, Wednesday 7th 2pm and Wednesday 7pm
Messy Minster Wednesday 7th December at 3.30pm in Trebeck Hall Lord Lieutenant’s Carol Service Friday 9th December at 7pm in the Minster Holly Wreath Workshop, £25 each, booking essential tickets from the Cathedral shop. At the ABP Saturday 10th December 10am – 12.30pm Cantamus Girl’s Choir Christmas Concert Saturday 10th December at 7.30pm in the Minster Emergency Services Carol Service Tuesday 13th December at 7.30pm in the Minster Carols for Everyone Saturday 17th December at 7.30pm in the Minster – (tickets required) Messiaen’s LA Nativite Du Seigneur with Simon Hogan Sunday 18th December at 6.30pm in the Minster Friday Lunchtime in the Cathedral Ceremony of carols (Minster Girl’s Choir) Friday 9th December at 12.15pm in the Minster Carols for Everyone Saturday 17th December at 7.30pm in the Minster Minster Chorale: Handel’s Messiah Monday 19th December at 7.30pm in the Minster Cathedral Carol Services Friday 23rd December at 7pm and Saturday 24th December at 7pm
Serving Tuxford, Weston, Markham Clinton, Normanton on Trent & Marnham
TUXFORD CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2016
Sun 4th December 2016
For more information, e-mail: [email protected].
Closing date: Sat 26th Nov 2016
Serving Tuxford, Weston, Markham Clinton, Normanton on Trent & Marnham
WESTON CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2016
Sat 10th
December 2016
For more information email: [email protected] or call Gill Fendley on
01636 821866 mob: 07963391140. Closing date: Thurs 3rd Dec 2016
TUXFORD BENEFICE - CAROL SERVICES 2016
Sun 11th December, 5.00 pm Carol Service at Matthew’s, Normanton-on-Trent
Tues 13th December 7.00 pm Carol Service at St Nicholas’, Tuxford
Thurs 15th December 7.00pm Carol Service at All Saints, Weston
Sun 18th December 6.00pm Carol Service at All Saints, West Markham
Wed 21st December 6.30pm Christingle Service at St Wilfred’s, Marnham
In The Deanery
Special Advent & Christmas Services FARNSFIELD ST. MICHAEL Sunday 27th November ADVENT SUNDAY: 6pm Advent Carol Service Sunday 11th December Advent 2 : 4pm Christingle Service Tuesday 20th December : 1.45pm Primary School Service Saturday 24th December Christmas Eve : 4.00pm Blessing the Crib : 6.30pm Christmas Carol Service : 11.30pm First Mass of Christ Sunday 25th December CHRISTMAS DAY : 10.30am Family Service with Holy Communion KIRKLINGTON ST. SWITHIN Sunday 27th November ADVENT SUNDAY: 9.30am ‘Family Care’ Toy Service Sunday 18th December Advent 4 : 6pm Christmas Carols Saturday 24th December Christmas Eve : 10.00pm First Mass of Christ MAPLEBECK ST. RADEGUND Sunday 11th December Advent 3 : 6pm Advent & Christmas Carols Sunday 25th December (SEE WINKBURN ST. JOHN) WINKBURN ST. JOHN Wednesday 14th December : 6.30pm Advent & Christmas Carols Sunday 25th December CHRISTMAS DAY : 9.30am Family Communion
The Parish Church of St Giles, Balderton
Advent Carol Service Sunday 27th November at 6.00 pm Gift Service Sunday 4th December at 9.30 am Parish Eucharist with Nativity Presentation Sunday 18th December at 9.30 am Carol Service Wednesday 21st December at 7.00 pm Christmas Eve: 3.00 pm Christingle 11.30 pm Christmas Eve Eucharist Christmas Day: 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.00 am Family Service
Carol Service at All Saints, Barnby in the Willows Monday 12th December At 7.00 pm
The Churches of Farndon with Thorpe and
Hawton with Cotham 12th November 7.30 pm “Voices” Concert, St Peter’s, Farndon ******************* Saturday 26th November 2-5pm Hawton Christmas Fair Gifts/ Stalls/Raffle/Tombola/Produce/Cakes/Carols by Candleight/ Penny Trail ******************* 12.30 - 3.30 pm Mince Pie Munch Tickets £2.50 to include a drink and cake or mince pie (from church members) ******************* Thursday 1 5th December Carols by Candelight at Hawton ******************* Sunday 18th December Christingle Service, Hawton ******************* Wednesday 21st December 6.30 pm Carols on the Green For more information visit out website at http://farndon-hawton-cotham-thorpe.com/
30th. October
The Archdeacon preaches
at Kelham Church.
6th. November
Bishop Paul preaches
at South Muskham Church.
12th. November
A race evening will be held at
Rolleston Village Hall
commencing at 6.30 pm.
Tickets cost £10 each.
The Newark and Southwell Circuit of the Methodist Church is seeking to appoint a
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WORKER in Newark and the surrounding area
We are looking for someone who will work with local congregations to develop and grow our current engagement with children and families.
Working across one church in Newark and two churches in the surrounding
villages, the role includes:
Seeking ways to help develop the Christian faith of the children and families who are already part of the churches
Developing the existing links with church and community groups,
including local schools
Leading and supporting the existing volunteer teams of two Messy Churches.
This is a part time appointment (10 hours per week), to be reviewed after 3
years, and includes occasional evenings and Sundays. We are offering a salary of £10 per hour plus expenses. An enhanced DBS is required and it is
a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a Christian.
Further information, job description and application form can be obtained from: Rev. Philip Macdonald (Tel: 01636 702154, email:
[email protected]) or Rev. Mark Roberts (Tel: 01636 706264, email:[email protected]) or from the circuit website
www.newarkandsouthwellmethodist.org.uk
Applications must be received by midnight on Friday 18th November 2016
Interviews will take place in the week commencing 28 November 2016.
A national campaign to fund local homeless projects in England. Church Urban Fund are challenging youth organisations,
community groups, churches, and individuals throughout England to “sleep out” this Advent, and help transform lives and communities across the country. By giving up a night of comfort that most of us are lucky enough to take for granted, this challenging experience brings home the daily reality of life for many homeless people in England. You could sleep out in a church or community hall, garage, or a garden shed! You could even spend the night in a local stable and reflect on the Christmas story of Mary and Joseph. For more information on The Advent Sleepout Challenge and how you can get involved check out our website!
Your Deanery Newsletter This is your newsletter. A way of communicating with each other. To
make it successful we need to receive your offerings. The deadline for the next issue is 15th January (for the Feb to April issue). Please send in your
entries to [email protected]
Have you checked out the
Church of England
Portal System yet?
https://cofeportal.org/
A new faster and more accurate way
to access the church database,
parish buying, parish returns, a
church near you, and more
For more information contact Frazer
McNish at the Diocesan office
The following churches are in vacancy in our deanery at the moment. If you would like to support them by attending any of their services please contact the deanery office for more information on service times.
Edingley, Halam, Newark St Leonards, Coddington, Christ Church Please hold them in your prayers.
Area Dean: Revd Mark Adams Lay Chair; Mr Michael Wilson Treasurer: Vacant Deanery Administrator: Mrs Louise Riley Deanery Office: (Mon/Tues/Thurs 9.00 - 4.00 ) The Vicarage, Norwell, Notts, NG23 6JT Tel: 01636 555082 Email: [email protected]
Newark & Southwell Deanery Leadership Team
Useful Contact Information
www.southwell.anglican.org www.yourchurchwedding.org
The Right Reverend Paul Williams Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham
Revd Lucy Cleland, Chaplain to the Bishop
Mr Nigel Spraggins, Chief Executive
Archdeacon David Picken David.Picken
@southwell.anglican.org
Mrs Jo Padmore Executive Personal Assistant
Jo Padmore ([email protected])
For Stats for Mission
Returns and On-Line Data entries: Mr Fraser McNish
01636 817244 [email protected]
Canon Tony Tucker will carry on all printing
and communication services as Jubilate
Communications. Please give him a call to
discuss any requirements you have.
Tel: 07968814189
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Deanery Prayer
Most merciful God,
our creator and redeemer,
in baptism you called us
to be members,
one of another as witnesses
to your saving power.
Grant that, united in your love,
and confident in your promise
to be with us always,
we may be led by your Holy Spirit,
to be your living body in this deanery,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Newark & Southwell Deanery website pages can be found at
http://southwell.anglican.org/about-us-2/deaneries/newark
-and-southwell-deanery-newsletter/
On the diocesan website
This year’s Ride and Stride event, on
September 10th, supporting
Nottinghamshire’s Historic Churches
Trust started with rain which at times
was possibly Biblical in proportion
during the morning. I set off from
Southwell Minster with hope and
determination, as Readers were
arriving for their special service and
other visitors came to see the
Cathedral. My target this time were
the churches in the Newark and
Southwell Deanery which are west of
the A616, east of the A614 and north
of the River Trent.
From Southwell, I headed to
Hockerton, crossing the A617 In a
“monsoon” to Winkburn (St John of
Jerusalem) followed by
Mapplebeck (St Radegund) where
the rain stopped for a few
moments. Eakring (St Andrew),
Bilsthorpe (St Margaret) and into
Farnsfield (St Michael & All Angels)
nearly saw me calling it a day as
being wet was becoming
uncomfortable. However, after a
drink and a biscuit a circuit around
Edingley (St Giles), Kirklington (St
Swithin) appropriate but wrong
month, and Halam (St Michael) saw
rain stop, which was good as there was a
wedding taking place. However as I left
Halam before the bride had arrived the
water from above dropped heavily again.
The B6368 was wet and miserable before I
arrived at Holy Trinity, Southwell.
The decision to keep going on the planned
route was taken with some thought and as I
passed the Brakenhurst Campus, it was the
right one to have made. Lunch was taken in Halloughton (St
James) before an
interesting search for the
Priory Church of St Peter,
Thurgarton. Drier roads
and a glimpse of sunshine
spurred me on to
Hoveringham (St Michael)
then back through
Thurgarton to Bleasby (St Mary) where
I met the first other cyclists of the day!
The cycling was then easy along the
Trent valley through Morton &
Fiskerton (St Denis), Rolleston (Holy
Trinity), Averham (St Michael & All
Angels), Kelham (St Wilfred) ending
this section at Upton (St Peter & St
Paul).
The last leg of returning to Southwell
involved visiting Our Lady of Victories
R.C. church, Southwell Methodist
church and through the passage way to
the Minster (Blessed Virgin Mary) but
now dry and very relieved.
Many thanks to the number of
courteous drivers who passed me
carefully; also to the many churches
which provided refreshments as I
signed in. I tried to leave a calling
card in each church I visited and did
take some photographs mainly
when rain permitted. Hopefully
someone will have noticed.
As Lay Chair, I believe I have now
not visited only 3 churches in the
Deanery of Newark & Southwell.
They are for the future! However
the 20 churches visited in rain and
sun were my target for 2016, so I
thoroughly enjoyed a good
shower and some liquid
refreshment when I returned
home.
Michael Wilson
Deanery Lay Chair.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES
TRUST RIDE AND STRIDE 2016